| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Sara McLaughlin Papers
| | | | Creator: | McLaughlin, Sara | | | | Dates: | 1928-2001 | | | | Abstract: | Sara McLaughlin was born in 1928 in River, Achill Island, Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1952, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. She met her husband, Michael McLaughlin (also an Irish immigrant), in Cleveland, where they were married in 1958. Both have been extremely active in Irish American cultural and social affairs and clubs in Cleveland. In addition to her many volunteer activities with the Irish American community of Cleveland, Sara was named the 2001 Mother of the Year by the St. Patrick's Day Committee, and the 2000 Woman of the Year by the West Side Irish American Club. The McLaughlins established the Maureen McLaughlin Scholarship for Music, awarded annually at the Cleveland Feis cultural competition, in memory of their daughter Maureen. The collection consists of car banners, brochures from the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Irish Music Academy of Cleveland, Ohio, a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a naturalization certificate, various congressional recognitions and resolutions, correspondence, a liturgy from the 2001 St. Patrick's Day mass, newspaper clippings, and two photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 4870 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McLaughlin, Sara 1928- | McLaughlin, Michael 1927- | McLaughlin family. | Ancient Order of Hibernians. | Irish Music Academy (Cleveland, Ohio) | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Irish American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Saint Patrick's Day -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | John Walsh Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walsh, John | | | | Dates: | 1880-2000 | | | | Abstract: | John Walsh was born in England of Irish-born parents. Along with his wife, Anna Markey, he immigrated to the United States in 1880, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in a weaving business. He later taught at Immaculate Conception School in Cleveland, and worked for 18 years at the United States Post Office. After leaving the post office, he became the assistant to the Cuyahoga County Treasurer and in 1911 was appointed a bailiff at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, a position he held until 1949. During the 1890s, he organized and was first president of the Cleveland branch of the Catholic Knights of Ohio. In 1895, he became a member of the Parnell Branch of the Irish Land League. He also served as president of the MacNeven Club, organized in 1867 chiefly by Irish American veterans of the Civil War. Walsh served as the county president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and secretary of the John Mitchell Council of the Irish National Association. The collection consists of a biography, a booklet with copies of Walsh's marriage certificate and newspaper articles about him, correspondence, program books of the MacNeven Club and Ancient Order of Hibernians honoring John Walsh, miscellaneous newspaper articles, and four copies of Irish Heritage Magazine. Genealogical information about John Walsh is also included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4841 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Walsh, John, 1856-1951. | Ancient Order of Hibernians. | MacNeven Club (Cleveland, Ohio). | Catholic Knights of Cleveland. | Land League (Ireland) | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Knights of Equity Records
| | | | Creator: | Knights of Equity | | | | Dates: | 1896-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The Knights of Equity is a Roman Catholic Irish social group first established in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Knights of Equity Supreme Council. It then grew into a national organization. The Cleveland group was active from 1895 to 1905. Three courts were founded in Cleveland, one of which eventually had 5,000 members. After 1905, the group disintegrated in Cleveland, but continued to grow in other cities. In 1954, bylaws first included women in the organization. In 1960, the National Daughters of Erin were officially accepted by the Knights as an auxiliary. The collection consists of copies of the articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, ritual and installation ceremony program, an anniversary booklet, and miscellaneous newsletter copies. | | | | Call #: | MS 4834 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Knights of Equity. | National Daughters of Erin. | Irish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Irish Americans -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish American women. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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